Wyvern

A wyvern attacking an airship.

Cogsley and Dagno

A Wyvern is a large, flying predator similar to a dragon. These creatures frequently operate in packs, lay eggs, and pose a great danger to airships.

History

While searching for the lost city of Cielis, the group's airship is attacked by a group of wyverns. The Wyvern lands on the wings and starts to tear at the engines. Cogsley– attached to Miskit by a rope and protected by Emily– fixes the engine. Later on in that scene, Cogsley and Miskit fall off the Airship, and are dropped in a nest.

While the two are inside the nest, Cogsley cracks one of the eggs, and the meets baby wyvern inside. Cogsley, whom the wyvern now sees as its mother throws the Wyvern off the nest, only for the baby Wyvern to fly. Then, when the two are saved by Vigo, the infant pursues them, refusing to be separated. The baby later joins the crew with Cogsley – who names him Dagno.

Characteristics

Appearance

Wyverns appear as large two-legged reptiles with blue skin with horizontal orange stripes. They have a row of small spines leading down their backs and large leathery orange wings. They have eyes that lack pupils and their necks are ringed by a circle of frills.

Known Wyverns

• Dagno, a small wyvern that thought Cogsley was his mother when Cogsley and Miskit were carried to a wyvern home.

Trivia

• The term "wyvern" describes a two-legged dragon-like creature in European folklore,which in fact, closely resembles the wyverns in the book.
• Wyverns are somewhat bird-like in nature.